Mixing or emulsifying process and apparatus



May 29, 1928. 1,671,868

. J. MCGOUGAN ET AL MIXING OR EMULSIFYING PROCESS AND APPARATUS Filed June 26, 1926 Patented May 7 29, 192 8.

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gealed egg yolk and water,v a' mixture of white leadand linseed oil, orfan' emulsion of the ingredients of milk, vviz a -butter, f at, milk powderjand water.v 3

An apparatus d' igned-grimarlly for the Preparation ofemulsion i the invention is illustraj init 'efac'co'mpanyingdra yiing inwhich Fig. 1 is -an'elev a tion'. Fig.2 is I'SBC Qi Q 1h? P mp? n ,7 .t

'gdelitajil' speees 0f the'ot er rotor and forcibly} 50 egeetfthe ingredients from 'the interdjentel The apparatus", show'nf coinprises}in gear pump including a casing '1 "provided with an inlet port. 2 nd an outlet port 3 and; two

15 I H v r V intermeshmg toothed rotors 14. 'Thekport 2 is connected with.,- a vessel constituted b w I :L'We -cla 1m";

' inter-connectible' funnels .6, .7 which rec eive the ingredients 'and theport 3 hn's fe return to the pipe'line 8 maybe-"diverted to. e

1 delivery 'noz zle 9 hy nen-ipulnlion i vii yl lY- n ea ",For'meintaining' flowing through the pump etjthertempemture'requi site for efiectlve iemulsifieation, there is'fitted to theffuhnel fi'eiheeter' as-at' -11.

. j In the "performance of'the processof pre-fso paring solutions or mi xtures or elnulslons ineccordance with the mventlon, the mgre:

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1 proa'ehes-thej seeing I-Jandby:

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connection. constituted b n pipe line: 8 to the funnel 6. The flow-' tom the' outlet rnoens's Ann m rue 111 041, m norm nrmmnu 4, 19:5. v s

in the form or fine streems through the clearance spaces between the outer eral edges pf the teethand the curved wallsv 40 of'th'e' casing 1.' The ingredients are sub- ]e'ctedto pressure on the pressure side of the pump end agitated, by impingement of j thestream ndicated by the arrow 12 m'gail'lst --the.strea1 n indicated by the arrow 13; The 45 ingredients are thenbrought into, a. state of ijnt imate1 fcommingle1nent"in the region of 'theiseel- -by the churning. action of the teeth 7' oflo'nerotor us they 1 lunge into the 'interspaces, "'Sohdi 'components' adhering to" the teeth are Crushed between the teeth as they:

pass'throughtthe 'seel;

' rising e'ees'ingj heving n chamber-with in- ,substances'to charge nozzle.'.

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1 81 88 to th s e lfigfiomt a I 7 if sons periph+ V *"m g: rn' ying 'pp u outletfports,' awforeing emulsifier in gsaid' chamber hopper for delivering the H I mixed oremulsifiediE-tosaidun V .cha'mber', -a'. discharge pipeflcommunicating; iwitljfsaid outlet port, said pipe havingfanv extension. ,erranged to deliver the" material discharged from" said raising; to said jhop'per, I 1 5e discharge:nozzlecommunicetingwith said "(:5

discharge pipe," and valves controlling the pas age of the mixed oremuls ified-mn'terial v eitherf 0 said 'pipeexten'si'on orftois'afid disf 

